makeup
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From Sponges To Foundation: Beautyblender Finally Launches Its 1st Makeup Product
The Beautyblender brand, the creator of the iconic sponge shaped as an egg that we all know and love, has recently announced the launch of a new product. It was only right that foundation would come from the brand at some point in time as up until recently their only product was the foundation applicator.…
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Crayola Beauty Is Giving Us a Chance to Relive Our Childhoods
Back in the day, having a 64-pack of Crayola crayons was the holy grail of all school supplies. Now Crayola is giving us all a chance to stunt once again—this time, with cosmetics. Teaming up with fast-fashion retailer Asos, the beloved art brand has just released Crayola Beauty, a 58-piece makeup collection—and we couldn’t be…
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School Daze and Drugstore Love: Get Beyoncé’s Coed-Inspired Coachella Look
After two hours and 24 songs, the queen commonly known as Beyoncé still stepped offstage Saturday night looking as fresh as a member of an HBCU freshman class. How did she do it? While we’re tempted to believe she really does wakes up like that, her glowing, glittery-eyed makeup look was created by longtime makeup…
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Made-to-Measure Makeup: Lancôme Shows Off Its Custom-Foundation Skills at SXSW
Are you old enough to remember getting “color printed” at your local department store makeup counter? Cosmetics brand Prescriptives, founded in 1979, rose to prominence in the 1990s with its custom-blended foundations, allowing customers to incorporate their chosen finish and coverage into their custom-matched foundation shade, blended specifically for them. It was, at the time,…
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Add Serena Williams to the List of Celeb Beauty Moguls to Throw Your Paycheck At
This is not a drill. The Greatest Tennis Player of All Time (don’t @ me on this until Roger Federer wins a major tourney while pregnant) is gearing up to launch a beauty brand, according to TMZ. In late January, Williams filed to trademark “Aneres” (pat yourself on the back if you caught that that’s…
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5 Beauty Trends Black Women Should Leave in 2017
2017 has been a whirlwind for black beauty enthusiasts across the Diaspora. Rihanna came—ferociously—for all of our coins with the launch of Fenty Beauty. Flat-tummy teas were the rage of the year for Instagram celebrities. And we could not get enough of banana powder. However, there are a few beauty trends in 2017 that should…
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Read My Lips: L’Oréal x Balmain Is the Budget-Friendly Designer Collab of the Season
It’s safe to say that 2017 was a big year for fashion’s golden boy, Olivier Rousteing, creative director of Balmain and Instagram impressario. At the tender age of 32, this year has marked his sixth at the helm of the French luxury label, and it was his biggest to date. Since June, Rousteing has overseen…
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Pretty Hurts: The Insidious Side of Insta-Beauty
It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Self-proclaimed “makeup enthusiast” and Instagram beauty Victoria Katei (@vicxkat) learned this the hard way when she was brave enough to get real with her over-50,000 followers, showing herself with and without makeup. The comments weren’t universally kind—not by a long shot. Commenters accused Victoria of “catfishing”…
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The Purple One Would Approve: Pantone Finally Gets It Right With 2018’s Color of the Year
Full disclosure: I’m a Minnesota native. Minneapolis, to be exact. I’m also a black woman, and a musician who counts among her first musical memories seeing the Purple Rain tour live at the Humphrey dome in 1984. Suffice to say, last year I didn’t take Prince’s passing well … But while it may feel a…
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The Real MVPs: My #Faves From Fenty Beauty (Hint: It’s Not the Foundation)
I have a confession to make. I’m not a fan of Fenty foundation. *Ducks.* Don’t get me wrong: I’m enthralled by the range of shades, the marketing, beautiful packaging and even the specially trained Fenty specialists who color-matched me in Sephora. But after three tries, I had to accept that this foundation and I just…